I know this has been asked before, but I went serching and couldn't find the link so, does anyone have a good, large picture of the snake/cross symbol? (edit for clarity, sometimes I forget people can't read minds ^_~ ) like the one on the back of Ed's coat. I'm playing with t-shirts... ^_^

And, as a random point of interest, I stumbled across this a while ago on dictionary.com

ho·mun·cu·lus -A diminutive human.-A miniature, fully formed individual believed by adherents of the early biological theory of preformation to be present in the sperm cell.

Not quite sure if that connects to the show, but it's neat nonetheless ^_^

Well, considering that the anime is already licensed by ADV, all the fansubbers have taken down their torrents. I'm not sure where you can find the anime anymore (besides the Chinese bootlegs on eBay). I do have the entire series. And if you want it really bad, e-mail me at: gundamnook@aol.com and maybe we can work out a trade for the series. I would have to send it to you via snail mail since I'm not sure how to send files via AIM. ^^

Yeah, he was a real person who studied alchemy -- mostly homunculi. He is supposedly the only person who ever succeeded at creating and keeping one alive for a significant amount of time (several others supposedly created them, but they died after a few hours or so...)

Nicholas Flamel is also the alchemist that supposedly created the Philosopher's Stone in real life. In his writings the FMA symbol (a crucified serpent with a winged crown) comes up.